The Seventh Dimension - A Dream of Armageddon

From Sun 13th May 2007, 18:30 on BBC 7 Two Episodes

By H.G. Wells

Describes a disturbing vision of the future and carries a powerful anti-war message. 

Episode One: Stranger

A stranger on a train reveals his secret. When he dreams, he enters a future reality of an advanced civilization descending into senseless war. Read in two-parts by Robert Bathurst.

Episode Two: Escape

The anti-war story hero escapes with his wife to try and shield her from the horrors of battle

Read in two-parts by Robert Bathurst

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

A Dream of Armageddon, a short story by H. G. Wells was first published in the British weekly magazine Black and White.

Written in 1901, this is a disturbing vision of the future - as Wells comes uncannily close to predicting the horrors of the Second World War.

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